bolt action centre-fire rifle
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19950004-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield
- Date Made 1916
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, firearm
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/01/01
- Latest 1916/12/31
- Brand Name / Model No. 1 (SMLE) Mk.3*
- Inscription S 8554; (broad arrow) /| EFD 2; C (broad arrow) /|; C (broad arrow) /| S 8554 (crown/couronne) G.R. (Crossed Pennants) P (crown/couronne) 9E F (broad arrow) /| EFD S2; UON; EFD EWS8554; (crown/couronne) G.R. Enfield 1916SHT. LE III (star/étoile ); (broad arrow) /| Don; (broad arrow) /| (crown/couronne) SP B; (crown/couronne) GR Enfield 1916 SHT LE III*; C (broad arrow) /|
- Pattern Name Lee-Enfield
- Materials Steel, Brass, Wood
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 20.5 cm, Length 113.0 cm, Width 7.5 cm
- Caption Lee-Enfield Rifle No. 1 MK 3*
- Additional Information The more robust British Lee-Enfield rifle replaced the less reliable Canadian-made Ross rifle in all front-line Canadian battalions by late 1916. This rifle would also have had a carrying strap.